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Do you call your kid a brat?
A lady at the preschool today kept saying, over and over and over again, that her kid was being such a brat. Right in front of him.
I was just kind of taken aback. Should I go dig out my pearls?
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Re: Do you call your kid a brat?
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No, and I don't tell her that she is bad either. I hear that a lot as well. It makes me cringe.
Sometimes I tell my DD that she is being naughty and that even makes me feel bad.
OMG this is just what I was thinking when I read the title of the post:)
Ditto.
~Lisa
Mum to Owen and Lucas
~Lisa
Mum to Owen and Lucas
Soooo.... I should stop telling L he is a turdbucket.
Or that he is nastycakes (when picking his but).
::notes to self::
I've told DS to stop acting like a spoiled brat. Clutch those pearls, girlie.
DS - December 2006
DD - December 2008
DINGDINGDING!!! We have a winner! Congrats on thinking it's cool to call your kid names!
~Lisa
Mum to Owen and Lucas
Ditto (only to a DD not DS)
When he is being naughty, I tell him that behavior in not appropriate and unacceptable. And that he is being a turdbucket.
Sorry, I live in the real world, not a politically correct, never speak above a whisper, perfect mom fake institution where my kid is going to be dumbstruck upon entering the real world themselves. It's a lighthearted term in my house. I guess I'm just okie white trash b/c none of you have ever used that word.
LOL, I assure you I know I am FAR from a perfect mom. Nor do I think my child will be dumbstruck upon entering "the real world." I'm fairly certain my child lives among us in the real world even as we speak.
I'm not really sure what "fake institution" you're speaking of? A world where I speak to my child with respect and expect that same respect in return? There are LOTS of words we don't say to eachother in our house bc they are simply disrespectful. And there are better ways, IMO, of teaching your child to be respectful than by disrespecting them through name calling.
Agree to disagree. It wouldn't be the first time. The only kids you have to raise are yours and the only one I've got to raise is mine.
no, I've never called my kid a brat. I have called him a pain in my tushy, a farthead and various other names while joking. The word 'brat' annoys me and also feels kind of 1980.
Never to his face.
Other things I have never called him to his face: punk, as$hole, pain in my ass.
Things I will call him to his face: turd, nerd, stinky.
You take my ovaries, I take your yarns.
I big time prefer "little effers" to "brat." I don't know why calling a child a brat (whether or not it is in front of them) is really yuck to me.
Do I say: "You're a brat?" Nope.
Do I say: "You're acting like a brat?" Yep. Often.
Chalk it up as one more topic on the very long list of things my kids can discuss during therapy.
Hahaha! Spot on.
And no, I've never said that to them.
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STOP SPAMMING THE BOARDS!
This.
And, really, little effers is no better.
I don't know. It just doesn't seems as bad if I say, "You are being naughty" rather than saying, "You are being bad". Personal preference, I guess. Plus, I said that I didn't really like saying naughty either. Obviously, I am calling her behavior naughty and not her, but I don't think she gets that. Sometimes she will ask if she is a naughty girl, and I say no, sometimes you do things that are naughty or not very nice.
Liam is 5!